Saniya Anklesaria – Hindi child actress of ‘The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir’ fame

Saniya Anklesaria is a well-known child actress and model. She appears in Hindi TV shows and Bollywood films. Started her acting career as a child model at the age of 7, she later moved to small and big screen, and shot to fame portraying Max in the recurring ensemble cast of the sitcom, The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir. She reprised the role of the character with the same name in the original show, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. She appeared in the first two seasons of the show in 2012 and 2013, and also played Guri Malhotra in her debut show, Best of Luck Nikki. She reprised her role in the fourth season of the show in 2015.

The child model started her career at the age of 7

Saniya Anklesaria hails from Mumbai and was born in 2002. At the age of 7 in 2009 she attended a 7-day camp at in Raell Padamsee’s workshop during her summer vacation, which proved to be a turning point of her life. Very soon she signed her first modelling assignment and later featured in several TV ads as well as print ads.

Krupa Shanidev Ki in 2011 was her first break to television, and she also appeared in an episode of Crime Patrol. Same year she appeared in the TV series, Best of Luck Nikki and more offers came from television as well as Bollywood. Following year her supporting role of Max in The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir (Season 1) got recognized.

Playing Yashpal Sharma’s daughter in Rowdy Rathore marked her big screen debut in 2012. Following year she played Sonam Kapoor’s childhood role in hit romantic drama, Raanjhanaa. Her appearance in the drama film Life’s Good also got appreciated. She also played an important role in 2019 release, Bombairiya. Now she is gearing up for doing adult roles.

Saniya Anklesaria – Some interesting and less-known facts

1. She played child protagonist in short films, Yellow Umbrella and A Quiet Noise, both produced by Whistling Woods in 2011.

2. She played the role of Ronit Roy & Sakshi Tanwar’s dughter’s role in the telefilm, Terrorist Uncle.

3. She started her dance lessons at the age of 4 and has also studied at Shiamak Davar’s dance company and Brian’s Academy of dance in Mumbai. She later participated in many dance competitions.

4. She has appeared in the TV ads of ICICI Lombard General Insurance, Dabur Honey Squeeze, Wipro CFL Bulb, Horlicks, ITC Classmate Notebooks, Kellogg’s Honeyloops, Brookebond Red Label and many more. She has also done a few ads in south.

5. She was featured aside Priyanka Chopra for the TV ad Samsung Air conditioners long back.